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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 16:04:26 GMT -5
Satoru couldn't help but smile back, good hand (and he was more than a little pissed that he wasn't going to be using his left hand for much in the coming weeks) moving up to ruffle the boy's hair. "Hey," he replied.
Egil kept a careful eye on the pair on the bed, making sure Gabe didn't get too close to any of the injuries he had observed. Though his ears did wind up detecting the ring of a cellphone, coming from Eva. He gave her a look, wasn't there a rule about cellphones in hospitals?
Then again, none of them cared enough to bother with that rule.
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 16:32:18 GMT -5
Eva blinked as she heard her phone go off. She pulled it out of her pocket and checked the ID to see that Aiden was calling. "Hey." she answered as she pressed the phone to her ear. There was a long pause on her end(the people nearest to her could probably hear the change in the voice on the other end as the phone was passed to Anya) before the blonde pressed the phone to her shoulder to try and muffle out the laughs she was trying so desperately to hold back.
After she had better control of herself she put the phone back to her ear. "Yeah uh… okay, give me a sec." She looked over at Keith with an amused smile that was left over from her laughing. "So… what would you do if Gabe got in a fight at school? Would ice cream be a 'no'?"
Keith sighed. "No Eva, you're not really suppose to encourage that sorta thing." Considering who the girl's parents were though it was bound to happen again, not that he'd say it out loud.
"Well you're no fun." the blonde said before turning back to the phone. "I guess we shouldn't… well wait, how bad was the other kid hurt?" There was another pause and she looked back at Keith. "Black eye and a bloody nose too much?" she tried.
The inked man's eyes widen and he nodded. "Kinda." He decided to emphasized instead of yell considering where they were.
Eva rolled her eyes, sighing as she turned back to the phone. "Okay well… oh, go ahead and get her ice cream anyway, we'll just talk to her about it later!" Her smile was back on full force and she gave a little nod. "Sounds good, see ya soon."
She hung up the phone and looked around. "Looks like I'm out, my baby girl's turnin' into her parents already!" Which if she had thought more on that, might not be such a great thing, but she was too excited to think into it. The blonde woman gave a wave as she walked out of the room. "Catch y'all later~!"
Keith just sighed and shook his head. He looked back at his son. "Gabe, you're a good boy." Honestly, he didn't know what he'd do if the little blonde was like Anya.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 17:15:46 GMT -5
Mina and Satoru both found themselves holding back laughter. Aiden and Eva were nowhere near the level of parenting they perhaps should have been, but it was funny as hell to watch. "Gabe, no fights for you," Satoru chuckled out. As much as he would probably prefer to give the kid ice cream than meting out a punishment, it was likely he'd shove that one off to Keith.
Egil rose soon after. "G't a sh'ft," he muttered quietly before nudging Mina. "'N you h've cl'ss." He reminded.
The dark haired woman groaned quietly as she remembered. "Crud..." She muttered, rubbing a hand over her face. "Toru, you owe me some answers when I see you next. You never drop your guns, and I wanna find out why you did." She had found him asleep with them clenched tight in his hands, so unconsciousness? Less likely than one would think.
With that, she and Egil were heading out of the room, the big blond pausing a moment to wave goodbye to the little boy on the bed.
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 17:28:55 GMT -5
Gabe giggled again, there was so much laughing today! That was good though, and the little boy looked up at Satoru and nodded. "Yes sir!" he said with a nod. Daddy always told him to say 'sir' and 'ma'am', so he made sure he did. He waved goodbye to Egil and Mina before they left.
Keith chuckled a little more and gave a nod to the two as they walked out. He looked back at the man on the bed and gave a more concerned look. "So, do I need to get you anything?" There was a vending machine near the room, and he was sure Satoru would need something in his system other than painkillers.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 18:10:05 GMT -5
"Water," he said immediately, "And a sandwich or pizza or something unhealthy and terrible for me, if that's possible to find here." He couldn't really smoke in here, so that was one method of relaxing gone. Aside from that... well, it was his decision to ruin his lungs, didn't mean he was subjecting Gabe to it, even if it was permitted.
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 18:24:55 GMT -5
Gabe heard food being mentioned and perked up. "Daddy, I'm hungry too!" He'd gotten a little snack at the parlor, but they didn't have real food and he was starting to feel it.
Keith smiled and nodded, standing up to his feet. "Alright, I'll get you somethin' too. Stay here though." He got a nod from his son and went on his way. It also kinda gave him a chance to put something together that Frankie picked up for him on the way here.
After a while Keith walked back in. "Alright, who's hungry?" In reality it took the bigger Tora a little longer than it should have to come back, but he did eventually get back with two bags. One had three water bottles in it(the third one being smaller than the other two, perfect size for Gabe), while the second bag held some sandwiches in it. He sat down again and started passing them out. Pretty soon the three of them were sitting there with their food.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 18:42:37 GMT -5
Satoru tore into his sandwich with the fervor of a dying man. Which, up until recently, he might as well have been. For hospital food it was damn good, and his in particular was on the spicy side, which was perfect. Made it taste better than it probably would have. The water he drank a little slower, some form of common courtesy had filtered back in after half a sandwich had been wolfed down.
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 18:49:47 GMT -5
Keith and Gabe dug into their food easy enough, and after half a sandwich and some water the little boy was starting to doze off.
The inked Tora smiled after finishing off his sandwich, tossing what trash they had in a little trash can that was sitting in the corner of the room. He looked back and saw Gabriel was completely passed out. "Should I get him off you now? You know he kicks in his sleep." He asked quietly so not to disturb his son.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 19:05:48 GMT -5
Satoru was torn between the good idea and his own want to just treasure the moment. Gabe trusted him... That was probably the single best feeling in the world, that a little kid trusted him enough to fall asleep on him. Still, it was starting to hurt his ribs, limp people were deadweight. "Yeah," he replied, just as quietly as he stroked Gabe's hair. "Might be for the best..."
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 19:16:55 GMT -5
With that Keith leaned over and carefully picked up the sleeping boy. He sat him down on the chair he was in earlier and tried to position him in a way that hopefully wouldn't make him too sore when he woke, sleeping while sitting up wasn't really the most pleasant way to do it.
The tatted Tora pressed a kiss on his son's forehead before turning back to Satoru. He sat himself on the edge of the bed, being careful not to accidentally hit him anywhere. "Aright, now me and you need to talk." He was smiling, hoping this would go somewhat according to how he imagined it.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 19:34:24 GMT -5
Satoru's eyes flicked to Gabe, then back to Keith. This... probably was going to be one of those good talks, because if it was going to be one of the ones where they wound up yelling at one another Keith would have picked a better time. Still, after the events of the past twelve hours, he was a little wary. "What about?" Not that he would let Keith know that, though. Especially since the younger man was smiling, that was helping with the trepidation.
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 19:49:18 GMT -5
Keith rubbed the back of his neck, still smiling. After all this time he still hadn't figured out a way to phrase it without sounding stupidly cheesy. Well, might as well give it a go and see what comes out. "Alright, so we've been together, what, like four years now?" Yeah that sounded right. "And lately I've been thinkin', and well…" he chuckled. "Well I was gonna do this last night actually, but stuff happened and yeah."
The inked Tora reached into his pocket and pulled something out. "Figured it's been long enough for me to pop the question." He released his hand to show a little gold band, simple of course, it didn't have any design on it, but it was nice and didn't have a scratch on it. For the moment it was attached to a chain of the same color, he'd gotten Frankie to stop by his apartment and grab them for him before bringing Gabe up to the hospital for him so that while he was out getting food all he had to do was slip the ring on it.
"Since your left hand isn't quite available for the moment, I thought this would do." He held the chain out and gave an awkward smile. "So, uh, wanna get married?"
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 20:13:19 GMT -5
Satoru stared, dumbstruck, at the ring in Keith's hand. That... was not where he had expected the conversation to go. At- at all. He hadn't any idea what he HAD been expecting, but that was not it. He blinked. Once, then twice. And then came swiftly to the realization that no, he had not died... He lifted up his arm and pinched it, wincing. Okay... wasn't a dream either.
Married.
To Keith.
...He'd be lying if he said he didn't want it. But... it was so surreal. He had honestly never pictured himself married. Hell, up until his introduction to proper television and novels in his late teens, he had barely known it was a thing. He took a breath, a stupid grin spreading across his face as he nodded. "Y-yeah... Let's... Let's get married..."
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 20:24:43 GMT -5
Keith's smile widened a little more and he managed a laugh. "Thank god." he muttered in relief. Really, he had no idea what Satoru would have said in the first place, so hearing him say yes was a huge load off his shoulders.
He reached over and put the little chain around Satoru's neck. The inked Tora was a little surprised that it looked so nice with the ring. He had just used a chain that he had laying around since it was last minute, he didn't really expect it to look good.
"There, you better not lose it." he said, grinning before leaning down for a kiss.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jan 12, 2014 20:36:46 GMT -5
"I'd be impressed if I managed to lose it while bedridden," he snarked back before pulling Keith down closer for the kiss, feeling lighter than air despite his injuries. This was... this was fantastic. There wasn't anyone he'd rather be, for lack of a better word, stuck with. "Gabe know yet?" He asked as they drew back for air.
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